But we are, again, expecting him to come down with some of those aides and advisors, with those lawyers, and head over to the courthouse. Im told by a number of advisors, they do not believe its going to be a long there he is. Theres the former president coming out. Stepping down. See if he walks over here and we can get any questions with him. Doesnt look like hes going to take questions, guys, so well wait on the other end there. We are going to get in the motorcade, so im going to drop off here and check back in. Kristen holmes traveling with donald trump as he made his way to Reagan National airport in virginia, and now hes on his way to the e. Barrett prettyman courthouse in downtown washington, d. C. Carrie, back to you. The idea of whether or not donald trump knew that the falsehoods he was sharing about the election were, in fact, falsehoods is something that his Defense Attorneys have suggested will be relevant and something that will be difficult for prosecutors to prove. Wha
Its very significant. The weight of resources are no longer in your favor, i dont care how much money you necessarily have. What theyre doing now is likely expected a not guilty plea where he will formally tell the court he has notice of all the charges against him, and they will set some date in the future in terms of when he will have to either have discovery provided to him, there likely is not going to be a Motion Schedule for the things that you would argue about what would come into evidence, thats going to be longer down the road. But the notion of a rap sheet is so significant with these different indictments, particularly because of this reason normally if somebody has charges against them, trials in the same vicinity, youre talking about maybe if they are convicted theyre going to run concurrent sentences, meaning this one will run on top of the other and the other. Its not going to be youll serve five years for this one, then ten years for another, five for the next. It will
washington, d.c., and technically he is in custody of law enforcement. mr. trump will soon be arraigned on four federal charges stemming from the january 6th, 2021, attack and the multiple efforts in 2020 and 2021 to deny joe biden s 2020 election victory. and deprive millions of americans of their rights as voters. trump landed in the d.c. area a short while ago at reagan national airport in virginia. he s returning to the epicenter of power as well as in some ways the scene of the crime. joining us now to discuss, john bolton, the former national security advisor for president trump. ambassador bolton, thanks for joining us. mr. trump is about to be arraigned for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. do you think that his behavior was criminal? yes, look, i think this indictment lays out a pretty strong case, particularly the
to overturn the election. and so, that s why, if we want to put this indictment in the context of the overall rule of law and the justice system, trying to hold people accountable for the events of january 6th, then we look to all of the cases, and we look to the hundreds of people who have been prosecuted for storming the capitol and engaging in crimes there. we look to the prosecutions of the oath keepers and the proud boys who were involved in coordinating that violence and now we have this other piece, which was the conspiracy to try to actually use instruments of government to overturn the rightful outcome. if you re just tuning in, you re seeing donald trump, the former president, his motorcade leaving reagan national airport on his way to the e. barrett prettyman courthouse in washington, d.c., where he will be arrested and arraigned. one other note that i want to bring up, george conway, as we got some copies of talking
from the pettyman courthouse in washington, d.c. back to the president s boeing on the tarmac at reagan national airport in virginia is proceeding. kaitlan collins, over to you. yeah, jake, after that 27-minute proceeding a ing and guilty plea we are expecting him to go to the airport. we do have kay tlan polantz with us, one of just about 50 reporters in that room as the former president was pleading to that second set of federal charges. katelyn polantz, what did you see? he spoke in court several times. he was addressed directly by the judge who called him mr. trump. he was asked to sedate his name. donald j. trump. john, that was how he phrased it. and then he had to say his age. he had to say that he had not had any alcohol or medication before this hearing, knew exactly what was going on, that he was aware of what was going